Environmental Management

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We have established an EMS based on ISO 14001*1 and operate it to make constant improvements by identifying environmental impacts and minimizing them. We implemented the EMS in February 2002, after obtaining certification from a third-party organization. Since then, we have been striving to enhance our environmental activities by using annual reviews and renewal periods to check and ensure that our EMS complies with the ISO 14001 standard, is con- ducted in line with the PDCA cycle,*2 and is improved and corrected accordingly.

Under our Environmental Policy, each department formulates its environmental objectives and action plans every March.

From September to December, internal and external audits are conducted covering the EMS scope, including our company, group companies, and managed vessels.

The results of these audits are reported in December at the management review meeting to the environmental officer, who serves as the top management responsible for the EMS, to confirm that the system is functioning effectively.

Any areas requiring improvement are reflected in subsequent actions.

Our EMS is operated under the oversight of the Corporate Sustainability Management Council (Chair: the Senior Managing Representative Executive Officer)

“K” LINE Group companies have acquired various environmental certifications, including ISO 14001, and we are making a Groupwide commitment to environmental protection.

Under our Environmental Management System (EMS), we assess specific environmental risks associated with our business activities, including energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, water, air pollution, and waste.

Group companies that have acquired ISO 14001 certification account for around 90% of our Groupwide net sales in FY2025. 

Acquisition status of ISO14001

Acquisition status of GREEN MANAGEMENT

Guided by “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050, a set of long-term environmental management vision, we are building and operating DRIVE GREEN NETWORK (DGN), a framework to promote environmental management for the entire Group.

We are using DGN to centrally control our environmental management initiatives (such as setting environmental policies and targets and working to achieve them) through internal audits and the like. We aim to continuously pursue environmental protection activities by actively using the PDCA cycle while ensuring environmental compliance across the entire Group.

The name “DRIVE GREEN NETWORK” reflects our desire of inheriting   the spirit put into the construction of the DRIVE GREEN HIGHWAY, our environmentally-friendly next-generation flagship completed in 2016 under the concept of “getting one step ahead for the future”.

Based on our environmental management system (EMS), we continuously run our PDCA cycle. We have set our environmental targets for the year in line with the “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050 and “K” LINE Group Environmental Policy. We have appropriately reviewed our achievements and have used these outcomes to set our targets for next year. These environmental targets include not only measures related to ship operations but also specific measures for office sites, such as the reduction of both water consumption and waste.